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the ladies always liked george washington. and washington had appeared on the scene. this is one of those times when i really wanted the facts to be other than what they are. but as historians, we have a responsibility. if you have to say what the records show. i did not want george washington to have been infatuated with sally fairfax. i just felt like i didn't need her in that picture. and i certainly -- [laughter] i certainly didn't need the miniseries that had vac key smith playing her -- jackie smith playing her. i thought that was much too unfair. [laughter] but the documents show he was infatwithouted. she was the beautiful -- infatuated. she was the beautiful next door neighbor, the wife of his friend. the flirtatious type of woman who enjoys holding other men on a string. his letters show that he was still infatuated with sally fairfax when he first met martha. and probably she gathered it pretty soon, you know? it's -- they say that love and a cold are two things you can't hide. i feel she probably guessed that -- not that there was something going on so muc
the ladies always liked george washington. and washington had appeared on the scene. this is one of those times when i really wanted the facts to be other than what they are. but as historians, we have a responsibility. if you have to say what the records show. i did not want george washington to have been infatuated with sally fairfax. i just felt like i didn't need her in that picture. and i certainly -- [laughter] i certainly didn't need the miniseries that had vac key smith playing her --...
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when i was in washington d.c. the had a digit of $1 billion per year. of that, a 403, 403 million went into the schools so the majority of the money went into a bloated bureaucracy. that is not where you have the impact it has the impact in the classroom not from the district itself salt and tell lee should delight current and what kind of return on investment are we getting, i think we will continue to live where we spend more money but don't get the results. >> you talk about students vouchers that you came to the change of rethinking on this topic. >> guest: this topic of vouchers get some people really, really riled up. if you want to have the debate bring of the word facture and we have strong opinions. i am a democrat, i have been my entire life since second grade i ask my dad and he said democrats care more about the people that have less and the republicans want to make more money and i said i am a democrat. so when i got to d.c. i have very clear views would education reform should look like and i drove very bright line because we think voucher
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he was deaf on and washington. his evolution speech at the time was very influential as part of the whigs -- president polk decides they take too long now he wants the whole country in mexico pico people were open-minded we know he was the western united states but betty looks annexing all of mexico so they try to tap the brakes to keep it going forever. nicholas since they're waiting for the replacement never comes. winfield scott was to escort back to catch and shipped to mexico. he is stuck city decides i will negotiate the end of the war in the treaty is sent back to president polk he is outraged and ejected tailored misstate -- administration to compensate for expensive but president polk cannot send the treaty to the senate after he publicly said the terms and it is everything he asked for initially before he changed his mind to get the whole thing. lincoln and his colleagues very, very successful. with the hands on the omnibus postal will and benefits those in his district, he is a player with the issues of
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so those events alteplase in washington d.c. and i thought it would give you a little historical background before inviting you to respond to some questions. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. thank you so much for coming. can you speculate to the future of this cabinet. she seems to be such an abusing person with people in hierarchy and some ordinary people look out for 70 years. >> i'd be happy to talk about that. i am not the first to talk about this, but i've had 12 people tell me he physically assaulted them. i had more than 20 witnesses. he wasn't the only one who was beating people up, but he was the head of the church and is quite remarkable to think that kind of behavior can go on. moreover, some of the people who are eaten and others were confined. their reeducation camps of rehabilitation progress in different locations, but especially in this desert compound in southern california called the code base, where the clergy of scientology has its headquarters. a 500-acre compound. there are two double wide trailers bu
so those events alteplase in washington d.c. and i thought it would give you a little historical background before inviting you to respond to some questions. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. thank you so much for coming. can you speculate to the future of this cabinet. she seems to be such an abusing person with people in hierarchy and some ordinary people look out for 70 years. >> i'd be happy to talk about that. i am not the first to talk about this, but i've had 12 people...
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we all know about george washington. we study washington with brilliant and delaware on christmas night during the revolution. we find that the teenage washington, on more than one occasion, basically goes back home in fear because he puts pen to paper and he writes. he once wrote a poem in yet another girl turned him down. we all understand and know that our country's leaders have been shaped by the hand of a woman, often the mother, and i'm here to tell you that sometimes it is we take this program -- is a legend of fairness alleged misbehavior. related to the book, what my thought was is during world war ii, general eisenhower is having a long-term affair with an attractive young british driver. imagine if eisenhower's affair came out during world war ii. one with a personal aide in secretary and [inaudible] the dresser and undress her as well. what we found out about this misbehavior, and what we threw him out of office. a very young george washington was writing very romantic letters to a woman who is not mrs. washi
we all know about george washington. we study washington with brilliant and delaware on christmas night during the revolution. we find that the teenage washington, on more than one occasion, basically goes back home in fear because he puts pen to paper and he writes. he once wrote a poem in yet another girl turned him down. we all understand and know that our country's leaders have been shaped by the hand of a woman, often the mother, and i'm here to tell you that sometimes it is we take this...
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from that mall in washington d.c. who knew five years later he would lose his life in memphis that on that day this soon to be murder lifting hope and expectation would conjure the norms in believes that are the foundation of american democracy was reminding america of what it should be an gave a blueprint and called into vision this week to a powerful romanced the american people have always had with the eight deals that nurture us but we don't always obtain. so he offers photographic testimony to their dignity. they were dressed in there sunday best from 1963 in the nation frowned upon there that the committee as to the legitimacy of their claims claims, these noble souls marched to washington d.c. to tell the nation despite repudiation of dignity they were dignified and blessed with moral purpose to never be exhausted by the faithful resistance of clark the sheriff in alabama those in georgia or across the nation or the south who did not understand what they possessed mightier than many , deeper than the rivers tap
from that mall in washington d.c. who knew five years later he would lose his life in memphis that on that day this soon to be murder lifting hope and expectation would conjure the norms in believes that are the foundation of american democracy was reminding america of what it should be an gave a blueprint and called into vision this week to a powerful romanced the american people have always had with the eight deals that nurture us but we don't always obtain. so he offers photographic...
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. >> we shot nothing in washington d.c. >> that is a great door. it was propped up against the statute of robbery e. lee taking command of the confederate army. >> you have that imposing statue everywhere. >> but the rotunda is the only statue for which washington actually posed so the value is beyond imagination. they put chicken wire around it but people we're going by it was like grand central station said it would be white knuckles every time would switch shots and it scared to death we would knockoff of washington said it. >> we did not get to all of the questions. thank you for participating we will try to get your next questions. thank you for being with us live. if you are in c-span or highland park figure for joining us and those who came to be a part of us as well. also your publishers and your support helps the public bringing great authors like this. >> this bookstore which i discovered a few years ago is a national treasure and enormously important. i am thrilled we got to do this here. >> you heard gramm smith was here for abraham lin
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she spent much of her time during the first term in washington, and i think there's a sort of weird sense that bolton hated the institution but engaged with it. a granular level in which the attitude from the obama administration has been we love the institution. we have got our own sort of thing going on. i think it's a very open question at this point. which of the two ambassadors by implications, which of the two administrations is actually sized up and sorted of priced the u.n. more accurately. the one that engages with it in order to sort of really make sure that it doesn't do anything the u.s. doesn't like or one which apparently on the surface has more love for it. at the same time it's disengaged. it's not fair for ambassador rice. her engagement is where it should be. she's living day and night in the accident occurty council that's where she should be. i think that those probably warfare criticism during the first two to three years of the first barack obama term. >> host: when has the u.s. sought u.n. legitimacy? >> guest: most of the time as a per let to actions that it was pl
she spent much of her time during the first term in washington, and i think there's a sort of weird sense that bolton hated the institution but engaged with it. a granular level in which the attitude from the obama administration has been we love the institution. we have got our own sort of thing going on. i think it's a very open question at this point. which of the two ambassadors by implications, which of the two administrations is actually sized up and sorted of priced the u.n. more...
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he's someone i got to know a few years ago when we were both traveling from washington, d.c. to to williamsburg, and the train, amtrak broke down, and we grabbed a car and rode down together and had just an extraordinarily enjoyable time because jess is, as i think most people know, one of the leading legal reporters in the united states. but what they may not know is his, you know, he's a person of extraordinary humor and wit. and so i want to expose a little bit of that to you right now because when he was in college at harvard, he was roommates with, what, peter say gal of, wait, wait, don't tell me. and they were both members of not -- they were not the harvard crimson crowd, they were the harvard lampoon along with the head of the lampoon at that time, conan o'brien. i've been told this elaborate story, i'm not sure i'm going to be able to get all the details right about he and his cronies contriving to arrange an invitation to harvard to speak as a pan of letters the -- as a man of letters the actor who played robin in the batman movies. and while he was there somehow m
he's someone i got to know a few years ago when we were both traveling from washington, d.c. to to williamsburg, and the train, amtrak broke down, and we grabbed a car and rode down together and had just an extraordinarily enjoyable time because jess is, as i think most people know, one of the leading legal reporters in the united states. but what they may not know is his, you know, he's a person of extraordinary humor and wit. and so i want to expose a little bit of that to you right now...
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but he ends up losing washington. he headed back towards illinois. >> congressman lincoln arrived in washington in 1837. author chris derose with his book "congressman lincoln" on booktv is weekend on c-span2. >> the economist alan blinder says the 2008 financial crisis was part of a financial system becoming too complex and too unregulated. he served as the vice chairman of the federal reserve board of governors in the clinton administration. he spoke about his book, "after the music stopped", at the politics and prose bookstore last month. [applause] >> thank you very much. david, it is a pleasure to be here at this beautiful bookstore. i live here in new york. there is no agreement as to what the best bookstores in new york. but this is clearly the best one in washington. people are shopping and buying books right now. and hopefully that will happen after as well. david suggested that i start with a sensible place to start. by the way, it sounds like i'm winding up for 45 minutes, and i'm not. why about this book,
but he ends up losing washington. he headed back towards illinois. >> congressman lincoln arrived in washington in 1837. author chris derose with his book "congressman lincoln" on booktv is weekend on c-span2. >> the economist alan blinder says the 2008 financial crisis was part of a financial system becoming too complex and too unregulated. he served as the vice chairman of the federal reserve board of governors in the clinton administration. he spoke about his book,...
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[laughter] >> after the time in rochester you move to the washington area. your children are growing up to be americans. and they wanted you to become an american. you hesitated. but finally in march of 1957 you went down and became a citizen. but tell us why you hesitated? >> well, have raised them completely american. and given a great deal of thought. it should not be divided. and so. [inaudible] i didn't tell a single one. i went down and became a citizen. in those days s.c. all sorts of questions. and this wonderful husband of my friend in california said it's all right. you can do it. they never mention the queen. and so i went down. they asked me. then they asked, would you give up king and country. i said, yes, i do. by that time the queen was clean and it was really, i found it very hard to do. you know, i have been a school with churchill's daughter. he was part of my life. he had done nothing. [inaudible] it was all very emotional. never mentioned. [inaudible] put me in jail or barred my religion. so it was hard for me to give up my citizenship. t
[laughter] >> after the time in rochester you move to the washington area. your children are growing up to be americans. and they wanted you to become an american. you hesitated. but finally in march of 1957 you went down and became a citizen. but tell us why you hesitated? >> well, have raised them completely american. and given a great deal of thought. it should not be divided. and so. [inaudible] i didn't tell a single one. i went down and became a citizen. in those days s.c. all...
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washington held a limited defense agreement with iranian but no one else. there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990, nor any formal pledge to defend the kingdom or kuwait. in fact, on the eve of the iraq invasion as tensions grew, american policymakers put to reach of the coast states the idea that perhaps it's time for a joint exercise. a show somewhere in this together. only one, the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared more than saddam, a public backlash from what they routinely called the great state. they directly told the ambassadors before the invasion. he felt secure in the belief that no arab government would ever allow the united states to use their land for that purpose, defending kuwait. why was he so secure in his belief? for us because of his view muslim state but reject the pollution of states on their soil and second because in practical terms, and mentioned it ever been so since 1979. other arab leaders pushed the following. saddam therefore believe muslims did would
washington held a limited defense agreement with iranian but no one else. there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990, nor any formal pledge to defend the kingdom or kuwait. in fact, on the eve of the iraq invasion as tensions grew, american policymakers put to reach of the coast states the idea that perhaps it's time for a joint exercise. a show somewhere in this together. only one, the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they...
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for example, we all love of george washington, but we started washington in yorktown. brilliance. we steady his courage and dashing crossing of the delaware would save the revolution. who would george washington's girlfriend when he was a kid? and you find that teenage washington and more than one occasion basically go some in tears because he was turned down and puts pen to paper and writes roses are red and violets are blue to palms. he once wrote that cupid start has been shot through my heart when yet another broken into and out. this is a different look at washington. during my degrees and doctoral study by professors did not tell me about washington's teenage girl friends. so when this kind of fun and provides us with an important lens, a new way of understanding the presidents. we all know that our country's leaders have oftentimes been shaped by the hand of a woman, often the mother, often a wife, but i am here to tell you, some times that of the misters as well. it is in the news today as we tape this program, general david patraeus is still dominating the headlines with
for example, we all love of george washington, but we started washington in yorktown. brilliance. we steady his courage and dashing crossing of the delaware would save the revolution. who would george washington's girlfriend when he was a kid? and you find that teenage washington and more than one occasion basically go some in tears because he was turned down and puts pen to paper and writes roses are red and violets are blue to palms. he once wrote that cupid start has been shot through my...
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churchill at once decided to travel to washington to meet with roosevelt and move into the white house for three weeks. was this the beginning of the special relationship? perhaps. now the british have a formidable ally. winter chill lived with roosevelt and white house sharing every meal but not breakfast they agreed among other things to establish a combined chief of staff. military staff from each of the services would work together with their counterparts, all policies and strategies shared between the two countries. it seems to me these dinners were immensely important. they set up the structure that would prosecute the war to a successful conclusion. it is agreed by almost everyone at the roosevelt white house that the cook, not chef in those days, was the worst cook in history. henry and and as much's menus included chipped beef on toast with mushrooms, boiled broccoli, bavarian cream pie, molded jell-o salads, shredded cheese with tomatos, out of fashion food today, badly prepared. and kept in the job. no wonder president roosevelt looked forward to his famous children's hour,
churchill at once decided to travel to washington to meet with roosevelt and move into the white house for three weeks. was this the beginning of the special relationship? perhaps. now the british have a formidable ally. winter chill lived with roosevelt and white house sharing every meal but not breakfast they agreed among other things to establish a combined chief of staff. military staff from each of the services would work together with their counterparts, all policies and strategies shared...
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it's a pleasure to be here at washington's greatest bookstore. you know, i live near or new york, and there's no agreement about what the greatest bookstore is in new york, but in washington there's very clear agreement, and this is it. i sort of feel badly, people aren't shopping and buying books right now. [laughter] but hopefully, that will happen after. david suggested that i start, as most authors do and it's a sensible place to start -- by the way, it sounds like i'm winding up for 45 minutes. i'm not. don't worry about that. [laughter] with why i wrote this book. and i thought quoting one's self is horrible, but i'd like to quote an e-mail that was sent to me by a reader. i won't name him because it was just a letter to me. a perfect strangerrer sent this on friday morning -- stranger sent this on friday morning to me, and this is what it says: dear mr. blinder -- sorry, i'm reading this because this is the answer to why i wrote the book. i wrote back to this gentleman, you are the person i wrote this book for. this is exactly why i wrote
it's a pleasure to be here at washington's greatest bookstore. you know, i live near or new york, and there's no agreement about what the greatest bookstore is in new york, but in washington there's very clear agreement, and this is it. i sort of feel badly, people aren't shopping and buying books right now. [laughter] but hopefully, that will happen after. david suggested that i start, as most authors do and it's a sensible place to start -- by the way, it sounds like i'm winding up for 45...
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washington's only book has the title "civility ." so these are crucial facets and features of the american vision, and i believe at it most profound they are challenging, and i think the debate will come. >> host: does the u.s. in your view, professor, have legitimate security concerns? >> guest: it does. it does. the united states was hit on 9/11. there's no doubt about it. completely out of the blue. one fine morning, as it were, and it has every right to be concerned and thus it has taken every kind of precaution, rightly, and has maintained that high level of security. its bam -- ambassadors were killed recently, we saw this diplomat killed in benghazi so we need to be concerned about it. at the same time the united states is more than just one aspect of its concerns about security. it represents something much bigger, and on the global stage, peter to me, at least, the united states symbolizes something i think very few countries symbolize and that is a vision of the world, a vision of society itself, which is different from oth
washington's only book has the title "civility ." so these are crucial facets and features of the american vision, and i believe at it most profound they are challenging, and i think the debate will come. >> host: does the u.s. in your view, professor, have legitimate security concerns? >> guest: it does. it does. the united states was hit on 9/11. there's no doubt about it. completely out of the blue. one fine morning, as it were, and it has every right to be concerned...
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washington held a limited defense agreement with bahrain but no one else else. there were no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990, nor any formal pledge to defend that kingdom or kuwait. in fact on the eve of the iraqi invasion, as tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each of the gulf states the idea that perhaps this would be a good time for a joint military exercise, let's show saddam we're in this together of all the gulf states, only one, the united arab emirates, agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared more than saddam, public backlash from cavorting with what was routinely called the great satan and as saddam hussein directly told the united states ambassador before the invasion, quote, he felt secure, secure in the belief that no arab government would ever allow the united states to use their lands for that purpose. defending kuwait. now, why was he so secure in this belief? well, two reasons. first, because of his view, muslim states would reject the american troops on their soil and because none to date had ever done sin since 1
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oregon and washington visit what do we do? to legalize it? to be decriminalized that? when the victims are heard, but the insert command to for longer sentences. people recognize 25 years in prison for his stealing a slice of pizza is too much and it's unaffordable and their society people were scared about. we need to lock them up until they are no longer dangerous because once they pass the young male post of yours. but there's a lot of people were nonviolent drug offender or seen opportunity to take some punishment, but make some amends. the thieves, shoplifters, the nonviolent burglars, a lot of them matter he said on a life of crime amanita chant to give them an opportunity to reclaim themselves. >> host: it in your view to the three strikes and you're outlaws, do they work? >> guest: the book talks about the way in which prosecutors manipulate them. voters think they will automatically lock out the dangerous felons, but they would be broader than people who have any violence in a record for the latest kind as they would have to be a violent one. prosecutors routi
oregon and washington visit what do we do? to legalize it? to be decriminalized that? when the victims are heard, but the insert command to for longer sentences. people recognize 25 years in prison for his stealing a slice of pizza is too much and it's unaffordable and their society people were scared about. we need to lock them up until they are no longer dangerous because once they pass the young male post of yours. but there's a lot of people were nonviolent drug offender or seen opportunity...
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those events all took place in washington d.c.. i just thought i would give you historical background before i invite you to respond with questions. thank you. [applause] >> can you speculate to the future of david? he seems to be such a debilitating person with the people of hierarchy and some ordinary people who have helped him for so many years >> yes. i am not the first to talk about this but i have had 12 people tell me that david physically assaulted them for i have more than 20 witnesses. he was not the only one insider church beating people up but he is the head of the church at church for it is quite remarkable to think that behavior can go on and some of the people who were beaten and others were confined there are reeducation camps and in different locations especially in the desert compound with the clergy of scientology had the quarter's on the compound there are two double wide trailers and married together. at one point* david decided he would start sending top-level executives there for reeducation all the furniture
those events all took place in washington d.c.. i just thought i would give you historical background before i invite you to respond with questions. thank you. [applause] >> can you speculate to the future of david? he seems to be such a debilitating person with the people of hierarchy and some ordinary people who have helped him for so many years >> yes. i am not the first to talk about this but i have had 12 people tell me that david physically assaulted them for i have more than...
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on august 28th they arrived in washington, d.c. at dawn. freed began his day on the periphery of the national mall capturing scenes on his hand held like a camera. he walked from the base of the washington monument to the boundaries outside of the white house and to the streets surrounding ford's theater. several blocks from the epicenter of the march, freed captured some of the first photographs of the day under a sign that read "house where lincoln died." freed made photographs of passers by as they crossed one another's paths. he envisioned this foot traffic as a prelude to the later gathering at the lincoln memorial. because on that day freed was tapping into the deeper currents of historical memory through on-the-spot studies of interpersonal geometry and geography. freed sought images in which he could bring the marchers and the layers of their social landscape and architecture into a shared frame. to see this day from panoramic perspective was also the ability to pay attention to a crowd of individuals with faces and really to walk a
on august 28th they arrived in washington, d.c. at dawn. freed began his day on the periphery of the national mall capturing scenes on his hand held like a camera. he walked from the base of the washington monument to the boundaries outside of the white house and to the streets surrounding ford's theater. several blocks from the epicenter of the march, freed captured some of the first photographs of the day under a sign that read "house where lincoln died." freed made photographs of...
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washington mutual, all of these using government insurance. there is no way market would've come in in this business about the government guaranteeing a positive insurance. the third factor, and i would call this a proximate cause is government housing policy. this goes back a long time. the government has tried to raise homeownership above market rate. well, the interesting fact is that owning a home does not influence human behavior, it's exactly the opposite. it is a saving self-discipline. and honestly encouraging people to buy homes they can't afford does not end well, as we can see. the government subsidy started with tax credit that people get from housing. then we started on a new path like the community reinvestment act, which forced banks to get into the low income high risk lending business and banks have no business being in that business because we are letting other people money. the banks should not be in a high-risk lending system. the really big event actually happened in september 1999. bill clinton who was president at the ti
washington mutual, all of these using government insurance. there is no way market would've come in in this business about the government guaranteeing a positive insurance. the third factor, and i would call this a proximate cause is government housing policy. this goes back a long time. the government has tried to raise homeownership above market rate. well, the interesting fact is that owning a home does not influence human behavior, it's exactly the opposite. it is a saving self-discipline....
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it's troubling if you don't know how washington works, it's pretty hard to make washington work on behalf of the rest of the country. the second factor is the money chase. a typical senator esterase type of dollars every single day he or she is in office. in the last cycle, there were two races for the money spent on both sides exceeded $80 million. the money chase is becoming more and more of an extraordinary problem, not only for the time it takes them in the last two years have been a six-year term, a senator would typically spend anywhere from half to three fourths of his time doing nothing but raising money. but also exacerbates the limited opportunities to get to know your other colleagues. so the money chase is becoming far more pronounced and the citizens united decision has only exacerbated the problem even more seriously. vice president mondale said it well. he said the pressure of money in politics and its power to destroy the public trust is a threat to the senate and to the nation. i couldn't say it any better. the third factor is a combination of two things really. the redra
it's troubling if you don't know how washington works, it's pretty hard to make washington work on behalf of the rest of the country. the second factor is the money chase. a typical senator esterase type of dollars every single day he or she is in office. in the last cycle, there were two races for the money spent on both sides exceeded $80 million. the money chase is becoming more and more of an extraordinary problem, not only for the time it takes them in the last two years have been a...
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it seems like even though i lived in washington for a short time, thmalleeme be a even the beloved in washington a short time it seems to be a place that had such great life.ic meaning for my >> host: and sentimental.come be all these memories. >> host: you were 19 years old in 1963 and you are on the mall in the march in washington where dr. king gave that iconic speech, gates -- i have a dream. how did you happen to go there? >> guest: part of of it was i grew up in a small town where there weren't very many black people. they were three black families growing up in southern new mexico so i was fascinated by what was the black community like and i didn't have very much exposure to it. except on visits to my relatives into trite. so i think i learned about the black community through the black struggle. i would pick up my newspaper and there was martin luther king and the little rock nine. there are the students in the citizens. >> host: sncc's. >> guest: yes neck and they became my role model and by 1963 i'm in college. i get to go to the student meeting, the national student associ
it seems like even though i lived in washington for a short time, thmalleeme be a even the beloved in washington a short time it seems to be a place that had such great life.ic meaning for my >> host: and sentimental.come be all these memories. >> host: you were 19 years old in 1963 and you are on the mall in the march in washington where dr. king gave that iconic speech, gates -- i have a dream. how did you happen to go there? >> guest: part of of it was i grew up in a small...
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washington held a limited defense agreement with bahrain but no one else. there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia or any pledge to defend that kingdom or kuwait. on the eve of the iraqi invasion tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each state the idea that it would be a good time for a joint military exercise. let's show saddam hussein we are in this together. of all the gulf states only one, only one, the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared it more than saddam hussein of public backlash from cavorting with what iranians called a great statement and in fact saddam hussein directly told the united states ambassador before the invasion, quote, he felt secure, secure in the belief that no arab government would ever allow the united states to use their land for that purpose, depending. why was he so secure in his belief? for two reasons. his view that muslim states reject the pollution of american troops on their soil and second because in practical terms none could take
washington held a limited defense agreement with bahrain but no one else. there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia or any pledge to defend that kingdom or kuwait. on the eve of the iraqi invasion tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each state the idea that it would be a good time for a joint military exercise. let's show saddam hussein we are in this together. of all the gulf states only one, only one, the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited...
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so this is another look at washington. and during my doctoral study, my professors didn't tell me about washington's teenage girlfriends. so it's kind of fun, and i think it provides us with an important lens, a new way of understanding the presidents. we all to know that our country's leaders have often times been shaped by the happened of a woman, often a mother, often a wife. but i'm here to tell you sometimes it's that of a mistress as well. it's in the news today as we tape this program, general david petraeus is still dominating the headlines with his alleged affair and his misbehavior. related to the book, what my first thought was when this happened to petraeus and when it came out was during world war ii general eisenhower was having a long-term affair with an attractive young british driver samed kay somers by. you know, what general hires a young female model to be his aide, if you will, instead of a major or a captain or a medal winner? now, imagine if eisenhower's affair with kay somersby came out during world
so this is another look at washington. and during my doctoral study, my professors didn't tell me about washington's teenage girlfriends. so it's kind of fun, and i think it provides us with an important lens, a new way of understanding the presidents. we all to know that our country's leaders have often times been shaped by the happened of a woman, often a mother, often a wife. but i'm here to tell you sometimes it's that of a mistress as well. it's in the news today as we tape this program,...
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. 50 years have passed since his voice soared over the washington monument, declaring his dream "i have a dream. it is a dream deeply rooted in the american dream." yesterday while i was watching president obama's inaugural address, i heard echoes of king's speech i have a dream. and when i turn off my television set, i spent a few minutes reflecting on the question are all of us truly welcome to share in this dream come the same dream that dr. king dreamed? most americans i am sure can be cite portions of dr. king's i have a dream speech by heart. it's an extraordinary and very familiar speech i've grown accustomed to hearing clips of his speech played over and over are cycled over and over on the radio every january. they are the favorite quotes, the favorite lines. and now that i have school-age children i see how king has explained to them in classrooms when i was in elementary school there was no martin luther king day, no discussion of his heroism in the classrooms but when my children came home from school just the other day, they told me all they had learned in school about his
. 50 years have passed since his voice soared over the washington monument, declaring his dream "i have a dream. it is a dream deeply rooted in the american dream." yesterday while i was watching president obama's inaugural address, i heard echoes of king's speech i have a dream. and when i turn off my television set, i spent a few minutes reflecting on the question are all of us truly welcome to share in this dream come the same dream that dr. king dreamed? most americans i am sure...
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in washington? granted, actresses were more visible. george clooney would become a quasi-by master lived here. organizing a system of private satellite to monitor troops into debt. penn at been involved in politics for years as an advocate seem to be taking the next step, treating directly to policymaking. perhaps there'd been more to ban ki-moon's choice than one off round of publicity. [applause] >> so i think probably the best thing to do, because i will find a way to talk about an any topi, whether my choosing orders, is to open it up to questions. so, there's a microphone going around. and also, please, speak up so that everybody can hear you well. >> are you planning on going back to haitis in? >> speak up a little more. >> are you planning on going back very soon? >> yes. [laughter] >> so, i understand that wyclif jean started a foundation, raise an enormous amount of money, the money disappeared, he's under investigation. can you give some substance to the? >> your. he is in the book as well. very interesting guy, interesting ch
in washington? granted, actresses were more visible. george clooney would become a quasi-by master lived here. organizing a system of private satellite to monitor troops into debt. penn at been involved in politics for years as an advocate seem to be taking the next step, treating directly to policymaking. perhaps there'd been more to ban ki-moon's choice than one off round of publicity. [applause] >> so i think probably the best thing to do, because i will find a way to talk about an any...
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steve pearlstein in the "washington post" finished his review as i recall, for not blaming the global trade imbalances for the crazies. the answer is because that is not what caused it. [laughter] we have had trade imbalances, which means we've been borrowing from the rest of the world for decades. there were people in this or that it's their entire lifetime. not my entire lifetime. but it's like decades and we didn't have anything like what happened over the mortgage blowup and the derivative signal that status. the world is interconnected and causation is always running in both our many directions at once. but this is clearly a case where shenanigans in the united states and also some other countries. ireland, iceland, england, et cetera emanated to the rest of the world. it wasn't the rest of the world doing it to us. it was a student to the rest of the world and that is my answer to why i didn't blame these international trade imbalances for the crisis. >> good evening. i have been button and i am an economist. >> as opposed to an ordinary person. >> that is what i'm sometimes tol
steve pearlstein in the "washington post" finished his review as i recall, for not blaming the global trade imbalances for the crazies. the answer is because that is not what caused it. [laughter] we have had trade imbalances, which means we've been borrowing from the rest of the world for decades. there were people in this or that it's their entire lifetime. not my entire lifetime. but it's like decades and we didn't have anything like what happened over the mortgage blowup and the...
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he announced he was going to leave the administration that he was going to go back to the state of washington. this is someone i followed closely over the years. i testified against him in 1991 when he was nominated to be the cia director. and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller military that will do fewer things and go to fewer places. so that is the kind of book i wanted to write. i thought that i should do it even though others have really had ma named a lot of this. i am sure you are familiar with the work of d-nd for example, who wrote things such as the american empire and years before that, john neuhaus, one of my favorite writers wrote
he announced he was going to leave the administration that he was going to go back to the state of washington. this is someone i followed closely over the years. i testified against him in 1991 when he was nominated to be the cia director. and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards...
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so i go down to washington d.c. and when i get there they don't have the artifacts that they have pieces of some of the other ones as well. when i am there and he opens up a drawer and in this drawer are a bunch of bones. almost like you took a skeleton from your biology class and dump them in a drawer. he had femurs and other bones that i can't remember the name of. my uncle who doctor is -- relatives. and so he opens the door and i'm like what is that? then he hands me -- miguel opens up another drawer and hands me a jelly jar full of spongy material. that is the reign of charles guiteau the second man ever to assassinate a president. any man who will give you brain invite into your party. he's awesome. and then his assistant opens up another drawer and takes out a leather kind of like a swatch of leather. when you buy yourself a day give you a little swatch so you can see look other of whether you want and i see the writing and i say what is the writing on this? she says to me all company that is a tattoo. it's n
so i go down to washington d.c. and when i get there they don't have the artifacts that they have pieces of some of the other ones as well. when i am there and he opens up a drawer and in this drawer are a bunch of bones. almost like you took a skeleton from your biology class and dump them in a drawer. he had femurs and other bones that i can't remember the name of. my uncle who doctor is -- relatives. and so he opens the door and i'm like what is that? then he hands me -- miguel opens up...
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i'm always glad here and other optimist in washington. you will all have seen the book i hope outside, perhaps you've had a chance to read it already. i encourage you to do so. it's full of great insight. let's have a few questions. whose first? sir. >> i'm bob hirschi. how can we move things further in the direction you talk about people do more for themselves as opposed to the government? >> i wish i had the total and to do that. the reason i talk about philosophy, if you look at what's happened to the united states we philosophically -- that's when you get public policy. policy follows ideas. so i think we have to defend the ideas that made america great. including personal responsibility, and i don't mean we ignore community but you can't into to what someone else produces and what someone else did. that's an important id. long-term the most important thing i think we did is we capture -- the left to go with universities and difficult universities, they took over the elementary education and a because they teach all the teachers. we'v
i'm always glad here and other optimist in washington. you will all have seen the book i hope outside, perhaps you've had a chance to read it already. i encourage you to do so. it's full of great insight. let's have a few questions. whose first? sir. >> i'm bob hirschi. how can we move things further in the direction you talk about people do more for themselves as opposed to the government? >> i wish i had the total and to do that. the reason i talk about philosophy, if you look at...
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meanwhile there is a professor of the school of advanced international studies in washington, d.c., a military historian also a leading neoconservative he was one of the people signing petitions but we have to invade iraq and over for saddam who by force. he's also a member of the defense policy advisory board. so he goes over to iraq to look at what is going on and is the only member that goes there and he sees that as a disaster. there's an insurgency now and nobody knows what to do about it. now, he comes back through really upset because again, they are feeling the kind of pains of guilt because she was advising this administration. he advocated for the war. his son who like can graduate from harvard had recently joined the army and was going to be sent to iraq. he was going to be sent into this mess that he sort of helped create. so he thinks he has to do something about this so she sets up a seminar in the harbor in vermont to date he goes prudhoe rolodex and military journals and he invites everybody that he can find who has written anything remotely interesting about the subje
meanwhile there is a professor of the school of advanced international studies in washington, d.c., a military historian also a leading neoconservative he was one of the people signing petitions but we have to invade iraq and over for saddam who by force. he's also a member of the defense policy advisory board. so he goes over to iraq to look at what is going on and is the only member that goes there and he sees that as a disaster. there's an insurgency now and nobody knows what to do about it....
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these noble souls marched to washington, d.c. to tell the nation that despite the repudiation of their fundamental dignity, that they were indeed dignified, that they were blessed is the beauty of moral purpose that could never be exhausted by the infernal and hateful resistance of bull connor, of clark, the sheriff in alabama, those in georgia, those across the nation and, indeed, the south, who did not understand that what these people possessed was mightier than money, was deeper than the rivers that flowed beneath this nation at its founding. they tap into an eternal spirit of resistance in the name of the spirit and of faith and of family and of the quiet dignity of the american dream. martin luther king, jr. colors that dream powerfully that day. is sweet cadence gave voice to a people who knew that at our best we belong shoulder to shoulder with the great figures in american society. that despite the refusal to acknowledge who we are, and, indeed, then were as people, that our rhetoric would appeal to the nation, even the
these noble souls marched to washington, d.c. to tell the nation that despite the repudiation of their fundamental dignity, that they were indeed dignified, that they were blessed is the beauty of moral purpose that could never be exhausted by the infernal and hateful resistance of bull connor, of clark, the sheriff in alabama, those in georgia, those across the nation and, indeed, the south, who did not understand that what these people possessed was mightier than money, was deeper than the...
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most of washington, the washington bureau, and the l.a. times did not have a great imprint until jack got there. i am not saying it had none. it didn't have anything like what it had after words. it had 17 reporters, when they retired he had 57 and so i called the washington bureau of the los angeles time the house that jack built. i will return to our wonderful guest, we have barbara matusow, jack's wife who took on completion, about 80% done, and the atlanta apart, parts were done and polished it and turned it into a spectacular read. everyone knows jimmy carter, former state senator. [laughter] >> am i going to try this one? president carter in new jack throughout his career and certainly if you did know him directly you knew his work and if i might take a moment to point out we have been joined, and by don't embarrass you, by mrs. carter, great to have you here tonight. [applause] and ambassador andrew young who is part of the movement but jack covered, subject of stories jack would have written as ambassador to the u. n, jack would ha
most of washington, the washington bureau, and the l.a. times did not have a great imprint until jack got there. i am not saying it had none. it didn't have anything like what it had after words. it had 17 reporters, when they retired he had 57 and so i called the washington bureau of the los angeles time the house that jack built. i will return to our wonderful guest, we have barbara matusow, jack's wife who took on completion, about 80% done, and the atlanta apart, parts were done and...
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in our daily life the biggest choice we can make -- when i built my house in washington d.c. i made sure i cleaned the sustainability story prayer at the gosztola panels -- solar panels and super insulation and that the wood burning stove that supposedly contributes less eot to the environment benefit our composed enough for us naturally but of course i have the energy saver lightbulbs. the energy saver lightbulbs will change an entire house, saves as much electricity or i should say saves as much carbon in a year as moving to a walkable neighborhood so the whole gizmo green gadget discussion, what could i buy to make myself more sustainable, is the wrong discussion. it should be where can i live than how can i live and contribute less and the answer again is the city. it's fundamentally opposite of the american ethos, from jefferson on. cities are the moral of the health and freedom of man. if we continue to pile upon ourselves to in the cities like they do in europe we shall -- one another as they do their. and that made sense back in the 1700's when we have the whole count
in our daily life the biggest choice we can make -- when i built my house in washington d.c. i made sure i cleaned the sustainability story prayer at the gosztola panels -- solar panels and super insulation and that the wood burning stove that supposedly contributes less eot to the environment benefit our composed enough for us naturally but of course i have the energy saver lightbulbs. the energy saver lightbulbs will change an entire house, saves as much electricity or i should say saves as...
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get an amazing letter from someone, and a longtime reader of mine said, brad, i work at a museum in washington, d.c. that almost nobody knows about, and you have so see what our collection has here. and i'm like, listen, i'm really busy with the holy grail, so tell me what you've got. and he said to me we've got pieces of abraham lincoln's skull, the skeleton of john wilkes booth and we've got the bullet that killed lincoln. they don't just have the artifacts, but they have pieces of some of the other ones as well. and when i'm there, you know, he opens up a drawer, and in the drawer are a bunch of bones. all these bones. almost like you took a skeleton from your biology class and dumped them in a drawer, and i see a femur and other bones i can't remember the name because i only know femur. when i did that joke in florida, my uncle, who's a doctor, was like, there's an ulna. i'm like, freaking relatives. [laughter] i opened the drawer, and he goes meet president garfield. then he opens up another drawer and takes out this spongy jar. any man that will give you a brain, right? invite him to you
get an amazing letter from someone, and a longtime reader of mine said, brad, i work at a museum in washington, d.c. that almost nobody knows about, and you have so see what our collection has here. and i'm like, listen, i'm really busy with the holy grail, so tell me what you've got. and he said to me we've got pieces of abraham lincoln's skull, the skeleton of john wilkes booth and we've got the bullet that killed lincoln. they don't just have the artifacts, but they have pieces of some of...
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to institutions that we generally need in washington for the making of foreign policy. and of course, the expanded nato. it made no sense and the cold war is ending. it took credit for the winning of the cold war and more members from russia, even as george bush did, the former republic of the soviet union. into this alliance and you wonder why the russians are upset about that. and then finally clinton lost his nerve on things of this country needed to do in terms of international agreements. we need to be part of this be part of this ban on cluster bombs. all of the nations have signed these packs. it is what they call the rogue nations, and then we have the united states. then we get to george bush, and it is possible to talk about those eight years. the fact that this country reelected him does not say very much for any of us anywhere. always had misuse of intelligence to a certain degree. the mexican war in the 1840s, the spanish-american war. in vietnam as well. that was based on the misuse of intelligence. but you never had systematic distortion of intelligence t
to institutions that we generally need in washington for the making of foreign policy. and of course, the expanded nato. it made no sense and the cold war is ending. it took credit for the winning of the cold war and more members from russia, even as george bush did, the former republic of the soviet union. into this alliance and you wonder why the russians are upset about that. and then finally clinton lost his nerve on things of this country needed to do in terms of international agreements....
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so i go to washington, dc and they hasn't articles from the lincoln assassination and pieces from other ones as well. and when i'm there he opens a treasure and in the drawer are all these bones. almost like you took a skeleton and dumpedded the in a drawer. and i remember seeing a femur,, that's the only bone i know. and i have a doctor relative and he says there's an up na. and i said, what is that? and he says, pete president garfield, and then the takes out a jelly jar full of spongy material, and he said that's the brain of the man who shot president garfield. the second man to assassinate a president. any man who will give you a brain, invite him to your party. and his assistant opens up another drawer and takes out a leather -- a swatch of leather, and i say what's the writing on this? and she says to me, oh, heat the tattoo. and i realize it's not leather. it's someone's skin. anyone that gives you a brain and skin, invite them to your party. and this museum, the national human of health -- national museum of health and medicine, and it was an old army facility and if you got sh
so i go to washington, dc and they hasn't articles from the lincoln assassination and pieces from other ones as well. and when i'm there he opens a treasure and in the drawer are all these bones. almost like you took a skeleton and dumpedded the in a drawer. and i remember seeing a femur,, that's the only bone i know. and i have a doctor relative and he says there's an up na. and i said, what is that? and he says, pete president garfield, and then the takes out a jelly jar full of spongy...
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there is no gridlock when it comes to spending your kids future in washington. we witness spent 3.6 trillion if we had a budget last year. but we did a resolution that passed which means it passes the republican house and democratic senate and the president signed annually by $1.2 trillion we didn't have him which i would contend 600 billion was wasted. literally did no benefit directly for the citizens of this country other than those that took money to administer or develop work about the program. so when they want, you could look and just say every program stand out that's actually effective and efficient in what you see is minimal. members of congress have been overstated and done their job. it's hard to oversight and i'm going to get i do, so therefore let it go. so it goes that. we are now in cr last year $350 billion for the program were appropriated money at have either never been authorized by congress or the authorization has lapsed. so it means the authorizing committees of congress are working because if we are going to appropriate money, why not jus
there is no gridlock when it comes to spending your kids future in washington. we witness spent 3.6 trillion if we had a budget last year. but we did a resolution that passed which means it passes the republican house and democratic senate and the president signed annually by $1.2 trillion we didn't have him which i would contend 600 billion was wasted. literally did no benefit directly for the citizens of this country other than those that took money to administer or develop work about the...
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the monument in washington i think it is right to have a monument to the people who died. it seems it is in the wrong place. it's going to screw up the grand avesta but i don't know whether it is a fait accompli or not. they're certainly should be a good monument for the people that died in world war ii but i am not sure that is where it ought to be. >> did you meet in murphy? >> he was in the pacific was and he? >> the fourth infantry division? i guess you're right eye was that a group, three of six and i was waiting for the bombers to come back and i would guess stories from what they had seen in germany so i got word the secretary of the war we called him the secretary of the war. it wasn't of the defense, was coming over and he was going to come to give a medal of honor this was a way of encouraging the troops and giving them some indication of the people back home remembered them and knew what they were doing so there was this one corporal sergeant on board who had been hit and he just did some great stuff. he peed on five-year to put them out so people wouldn't burn
the monument in washington i think it is right to have a monument to the people who died. it seems it is in the wrong place. it's going to screw up the grand avesta but i don't know whether it is a fait accompli or not. they're certainly should be a good monument for the people that died in world war ii but i am not sure that is where it ought to be. >> did you meet in murphy? >> he was in the pacific was and he? >> the fourth infantry division? i guess you're right eye was...
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i was first in washington, my new home. i went back to the home of my heart, new york, over the weekend and as you saw on television i was back and forth a lot. [laughter] and this is my first trip outside. i am delighted. this is my first trip to texas and i am here in houston. [applause] i wanted to visit more than one city and i'm going to austin but i got to replace that i want to. i still have a day job and i only have a few days to visit cities and promote my book but i make the promise on television so you can hold me to it ,-com,-com ma i will be back to visit other cities in texas. [applause] now randall where are you? i didn't see where you went. all zero kho they are right there. u part of the reason that i did, and it was randall and suzanne martin, the founders of the progressive forum, who put this visit together. they have extended everyone think courtesy to me. i even had -- for dinner tonight. [applause] and i am surrounded by flowers some of which i describe in the book from my beloved, part of my beloved
i was first in washington, my new home. i went back to the home of my heart, new york, over the weekend and as you saw on television i was back and forth a lot. [laughter] and this is my first trip outside. i am delighted. this is my first trip to texas and i am here in houston. [applause] i wanted to visit more than one city and i'm going to austin but i got to replace that i want to. i still have a day job and i only have a few days to visit cities and promote my book but i make the promise...
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the author david frisk spoke about his book at the heritage foundation in washington d.c. [applause] >> well, thank you, john. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. there were two bills at "national review" and the conservative movement, to bill buckley, a brilliant shooting star who lit up the sky and bill rusher, but never wavering northstar by which conservatives learned to chart their political quarters. many have written about william f. buckley junior that irresistible renaissance man, but no one had told david frisk has given us an in-depth portrait of the other bill of williama rusher romanticized her contributions played a pivotal role in the lash of the national draft goldwater committee and that was critical because if there had been no goldwater, they would no presidential candidate barry goldwater in 1964 and a third had no candidate goldwater in 1964, there would have been no president elect ronald reagan in 1980. it is goldwater who approved reagan's famous time for choosing television address, which made reagan a political star overnight and led to his runn
the author david frisk spoke about his book at the heritage foundation in washington d.c. [applause] >> well, thank you, john. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. there were two bills at "national review" and the conservative movement, to bill buckley, a brilliant shooting star who lit up the sky and bill rusher, but never wavering northstar by which conservatives learned to chart their political quarters. many have written about william f. buckley junior that irresistible...
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so it's on the high seas and washington, d.c. and in the western territories freedom should be the policy of the national government and second, it meant logically the series of policies the federal government could undertake in order to make freedom national thereby putting slavery on the course of the ultimate extinction. stomach and was important for you. why did you decide you're going to use it as your title with is the moment this was granted convey what he most wanted to know about? >> it was the discovery we tend to write about the emancipation as something that starts entirely with the war and was the discovery that they can enter the war iraq with a set of policies they intended to pursue to make the freedom national based on this very controversial doctrine of what they believe the constitution did and didn't allow so my book is mostly about the origins and evolution of antislavery policy during the war and i discovered there are more into velo origen's than i had anticipated in the freedom national captures the organi
so it's on the high seas and washington, d.c. and in the western territories freedom should be the policy of the national government and second, it meant logically the series of policies the federal government could undertake in order to make freedom national thereby putting slavery on the course of the ultimate extinction. stomach and was important for you. why did you decide you're going to use it as your title with is the moment this was granted convey what he most wanted to know about?...
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the motivation is really, i can't think of any policy debate in washington which it suffers from a more severe case of historical amnesia and discussions about border control, border police in, transnational crime, trade, trafficking of all sorts. the more i looked into this, whether working on for quite some time, just years or decades but, in fact, centuries. so this is a corrective of storting of sorts, bringing history back in, if you will. in the argument is really just the title of the book, how it made america. perhaps satisfaction as a writer, i discovered that it was even more true than i thought at the outset which is you cannot really explain the founding of the country, the american revolution, the republic, wars of various sorts which i will tell you more about in the second panelist for expansion, the slave trade, economic development, border dynamics and so on without taking into account that dynamics of various -- various sorts. with that one front and center in the story of america, retelling the american ethic through the land of smuggling. and there is also various pi
the motivation is really, i can't think of any policy debate in washington which it suffers from a more severe case of historical amnesia and discussions about border control, border police in, transnational crime, trade, trafficking of all sorts. the more i looked into this, whether working on for quite some time, just years or decades but, in fact, centuries. so this is a corrective of storting of sorts, bringing history back in, if you will. in the argument is really just the title of the...
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but she never set foot in washington. her husband, andrew harrison, died one month after his inauguration. meet anna harrison and the other will women who served serve as first lady. over 44 administrations. in c-span's new original series first ladies, their public and private lives, interests, and influences on the president. season one against presidents' day, the 18th at 9:00 p.m. eastern and the epic on the spam, c-span radio, and c-span.org. now more from santa fe, new mexico. santa fe boasts a rich historical and literary culture. developed with comcast, we take a tour of collected works bookstore. one of santa fe's 17 independent bookstores. >> welcome to collected works bookstore and coffeehouse. we are in santa fe, new mexico. my name is dorothy massey. my daughter and co-owner, mary wilson, and i've come have owned collected works of its 18 of 35 years in age of santa fe's oldest and best, we think, bookstore and coffeehouse in the city. we had a population of 80,000 people and we support no less than 17 indepe
but she never set foot in washington. her husband, andrew harrison, died one month after his inauguration. meet anna harrison and the other will women who served serve as first lady. over 44 administrations. in c-span's new original series first ladies, their public and private lives, interests, and influences on the president. season one against presidents' day, the 18th at 9:00 p.m. eastern and the epic on the spam, c-span radio, and c-span.org. now more from santa fe, new mexico. santa fe...
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you wouldn't be able to go to washington and new york and claim to understand america. so i had to be confident that i could get outside of we aren't, they're washington, and their new york. and i was permitted over those five years, i went all over the country and i saw all kinds of people, a lot of the royal family, but also very poor people, men, women, young people, old people. and it was an event is, frankly, to be a woman because you could talk to both men and women. a western woman in saudi arabia is basically an honorary man. so men are mostly unprepared to talk to you, even some of the senior religious officials who of course believe it is wrong to be in the presence of a woman who's not your relative. in the beginning i had a one month, one entry visa. then i got three months visa to come and then i was given a five year multiple entry visa. and at that point i came and went as i chose. i did not have to deal with a government minder. i would use a cell phone, and hired a car from the hotel and called friends and get them to pass it to other people. so my goal
you wouldn't be able to go to washington and new york and claim to understand america. so i had to be confident that i could get outside of we aren't, they're washington, and their new york. and i was permitted over those five years, i went all over the country and i saw all kinds of people, a lot of the royal family, but also very poor people, men, women, young people, old people. and it was an event is, frankly, to be a woman because you could talk to both men and women. a western woman in...